diff --git a/src/helpers/misc/edit_bot_status.ts b/src/helpers/misc/edit_bot_status.ts
index 35e09c6bc..bfed6b0bc 100644
--- a/src/helpers/misc/edit_bot_status.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/misc/edit_bot_status.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { eventHandlers } from "../../bot.ts";
 import { DiscordGatewayOpcodes } from "../../types/codes/gateway_opcodes.ts";
 import type { StatusUpdate } from "../../types/gateway/status_update.ts";
+import { sendShardMessage } from "../../ws/send_shard_message.ts";
 import { ws } from "../../ws/ws.ts";
 
 export function editBotStatus(data: Omit<StatusUpdate, "afk" | "since">) {
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ export function editBotStatus(data: Omit<StatusUpdate, "afk" | "since">) {
       `Running forEach loop in editBotStatus function.`,
     );
 
-    shard.queue.push({
+    sendShardMessage(shard, {
       op: DiscordGatewayOpcodes.StatusUpdate,
       d: {
         since: null,
@@ -18,6 +19,5 @@ export function editBotStatus(data: Omit<StatusUpdate, "afk" | "since">) {
         ...data,
       },
     });
-    ws.processQueue(shard.id);
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/ws/identify.ts b/src/ws/identify.ts
index 0671e8d9a..bcd8d2fa4 100644
--- a/src/ws/identify.ts
+++ b/src/ws/identify.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { DiscordGatewayOpcodes } from "../types/codes/gateway_opcodes.ts";
 import { closeWS } from "./close_ws.ts";
+import { sendShardMessage } from "./send_shard_message.ts";
 import { ws } from "./ws.ts";
 
 export async function identify(shardId: number, maxShards: number) {
@@ -40,11 +41,10 @@ export async function identify(shardId: number, maxShards: number) {
   });
 
   socket.onopen = () => {
-    ws.shards.get(shardId)?.queue.unshift({
+    sendShardMessage(shardId, {
       op: DiscordGatewayOpcodes.Identify,
       d: { ...ws.identifyPayload, shard: [shardId, maxShards] },
-    });
-    ws.processQueue(shardId);
+    }, true);
   };
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
diff --git a/src/ws/send_shard_message.ts b/src/ws/send_shard_message.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1603c088f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ws/send_shard_message.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { DiscordenoShard, WebSocketRequest, ws } from "./ws.ts";
+
+export function sendShardMessage(
+  shard: number | DiscordenoShard,
+  message: WebSocketRequest,
+  highPriority = false,
+) {
+  if (typeof shard === "number") shard = ws.shards.get(shard)!;
+  if (!shard) return;
+
+  if (!highPriority) {
+    shard.queue.push(message);
+  } else {
+    shard.queue.unshift(message);
+  }
+
+  ws.processQueue(shard.id);
+}